WHOEVER you are, as long as you have been taking home a pay packet you've had on average £6.60 taken out of your pocket for every hour you worked last year - that's higher than the minimum wage rate.

Running the country is a bit like running a Premiership club. With enough money you can do anything you want, as Blackburn and Chelsea have proved in the past. The real skill is being an Arsene Wenger and doing the same with a lot less.

So, PM2B Gordon Brown prove your worth because any of us could run the country with a slush fund that size.